<Nocturnal Harmonia>

[Bloodedge]

Satoru carried on with all the remaining information he cared to remember. Yugi watched on silently, finding it much easier to use those eyes after leveling and getting some rest time. It probably helped that there weren't too many fast-moving things to keep track of as well, though there was something to focus on. By the time she burst into maniacal laughter, Yugi was watching traces of Makima's mana leave her body entirely. "I could clean that up," he said calmly. "That's one thing you could do with me at least. Your route was still at 25% last I checked."

Satoru busied himself by gesturing openly to both teens, as if he were presenting two objects of his own creation with pride. Of course, he was just having a bit of fun. One person who wasn't having fun, however, was Kaito. Every time Makima called his name, the redhead's heart sank. He would have preferred being called on to kill someone as opposed to what she was now demanding of him. Apparently, he was to stand in place... while Miko used Black Flash on him. He knew that technique; he'd seen it used by some of the more physically ridiculous S-ranks, and some exceptional A-ranks. Why did he have to be an example? Wasn't it enough that Satoru reported them knowing the technique? Worse still, was that brunette actually going to strike him with something so destructive? "... Hai," he said. Kaito knew there was no point in arguing. So, of course... he pushed up from the desk, slid around it, and stood out in the open. Surely it wasn't too much of a problem, right? They had only just learned about the technique; even Gojo Satoru wasn't skilled enough to use it consistently with the kinds of restrictions it had. Maybe Makima was actually doing something nice, proving the point that they couldn't just rely on a technique like that?

[Apollymi]

Makima couldn't help herself, the world just gained two chains to further pull it into her control. Yugi and Miko were by all accounts even with no further strengthening some of the best assets she'd have on hand. With any real training and their constant increase in strength, she'd dominate the entire planet within a decade. The thought alone had her achy with excitement. But what was this? In true perverted form Yugi offered to clean it up, even referencing their intimacy rating as a reason to allow his wayward activity. "Come, but is 25% low? We've only had this sort of meeting once," Makima's curiosity about their continued growth from person to person interactions was worth entertaining. Still she wasn't going to move, if he wanted to serve he'd contort himself to do so.

At the same time, Makima allowed herself to peruse the weapons she'd asked to see and heard Miko's words about why they weren't offered. She could understand Gojo's playfulness towards the pair, they were fun. What was about normal was Kaito's response to being told to do something. Oddly enough, it wouldn't be obvious whether or not Makima thought it was possible for the girl to use the technique. Gojo had claimed they were mediocre physical fighters so she'd observe. Miko for her part in this managed to look gently abashed as much as was possible in a wedding dress. She took a stance of the more formally taught variety. Shoulders square, her left hand up guarding her face. Her posture was relaxed with the power of her body in her hips. Her lower center of gravity making it possible aim properly. She minded her thumb and took a clarifying breath. "Ha♪~ I'm really sorry about this. I'll make it up to you, Hashimoto-kun♪~" Miko stated earnestly. He was on her list so she didn't want to make a bad impression but she did have to do what she'd been asked. With her mind and soul prepared, she launched that punch straight for the man's torso, the System showing a screen right as her strengthened punch would have made contact with Kaito's torso aiming slightly up. The System would active the screen letting her know that she'd launched the Black Flash technique, though it came with a visual cue and an audible one, as her mana pulsed forward in an instant that was almost imperceptible even to her ears. What would happen to Kaito after this hit made contact she wouldn't know, but she'd also forgotten about the buffs she had active, so that hit would have more force than even she thought.

[Bloodedge]

Upon having her Intimacy rating with Yugi pointed out, Makima brought it into question. She wondered if 25% was low after clearing him for an approach, but... his approach wouldn't come while she was assuming that percentage was reasonable. Yes, they'd only met once earlier today. Even so, he'd now had more non-sexual interactions with Makima than he had with Tae, and perhaps even Kaguya. "I've only had most meetings once. I have three active routes. The first, I started yesterday afternoon. 60%. Number two started with Takemi-sensei right before you showed up. 65%. Yours was the second to reach 25, but the slowest climbing," he specified. Yugi wouldn't bother approaching the woman until all things were made clear, and her mentality on being one of his routes settled properly. Something was very strange about her route regardless; he'd have to figure out what that was.

In the meantime, Kaito was preparing himself for... what he hoped would be a failed, weak punch from a C-rank Hunter. That would be something he took, brushed off and ignored. Even though 'Misaki' was getting into a proper fighting stance, he wasn't too worried about the damage ─ at least he was telling himself not to worry. She apologized in advance. Though he seemed mostly unconcerned, Kaito would soon discover he had every reason to hate this assignment. Miko's fist made contact with his gut, aimed upward, but not innately carrying any threatening potential. There was a moment Black Flash utilized for maximum effect, however. The instant after impact, when the target's mana was just beginning to destabilize around a single point, the sudden surge of foreign mana into that same location caused a powerful reaction. As a result of that, there was what one could consider a mana rupture. Breathless and suddenly lifted off his feet, Kaito regretted one thing more than all else: having breakfast today. The organs from his middle abdomen to his diaphragm all felt like they were thrown into a blender. By the time he landed on his back, blood spewed from the redhead's mouth. 'She actually hit me. She didn't hold back!' he screamed internally. Miko's maneuver today would cost 5% Intimacy with that particular target, but she could share some of Kaito's thanks to the universe when he rolled and stumbled to his knees, finding that bucket nearby and... snatching it to let his breakfast and a gush of blood both evacuate his body.

[Apollymi]

Makima cleared the lad for his approach but he hadn't moved. She wondered why but would leave him to a bit of stubbornness until it was necessary. He'd already given himself, she expected that he'd heel. What did he have to say though, that though she had reached 25% with relative quickness his other two active routes were in the 60s already. That was interesting. Did that mean that the Intimacy had to do with how an individual felt about the Players and not the other way around? Well that could explain why one could have such a high amount. While their own Resonance was measured by how well they were getting along. "Sou ka... well you still made an offer see it through, I don't like being kept waiting," that was all Makima had to say on that matter.

For the next moment though, Miko would be showing why they were so dangerous as a pair. Surely she wasn't actually intimidating? And she knew her own form to be very practiced when it came to things done with her actual fists, but that was a personal safety thing. Makima watched as the girl had a good form and threw a solid punch and she watched as that became Black Flash which given the sheer lack of practice behind that punch probably shouldn't have been the case. "Sou ka, that's a very precise way to throw a punch. Still I am quite surprised," she managed even over the sound of Kaito throwing up. "Hai, I had to be taught out how throw a proper punch I couldn't risk injuring my wrists. That has a 30 second fucking cooldown," Miko said as her body fell back from that pose into a more open gesture as she offered another apology. "Gomennasai, let me fix it. I really didn't know it would hit that hard. Veil," Miko apologized and cast another multiple tier healing barrier. Even if the damage was critical he'd recover nicely with a few of those on his person. "Damn that lost me 5%," she muttered softly. "Oh? Is he a route of yours? You barely met... Do you have other active ones and are they as progressed?" Makima mused. "Hai, it popped up as you were walking away. I have... five active routes. A few of mine are weird, Go-sei's is stuck at 49%. One of the others I have won't go above 50, and Amamiya-kun's is at 65%. The other is at 20% percent but it hasn't really started yet," Miko explained her current roster.

[Bloodedge]

Compared to the speed of his other routes, Makima's was actually progressing at a criminally slow pace. She didn't have reason to know that without being told, but it seemed she was working through her thoughts about it nonetheless. Ah, but that wasn't given much importance by the chairwoman. She instead expected Yugi to get moving with his offer, being one who didn't like waiting around due to someone else's decisions. What an interesting woman. Well, Yugi made his way over regardless. He knew that Black Flash wasn't going to fail now that it was a Skill of the System, so watching that display was of no interest to him. Upon approaching the chairwoman and aiming to place both hands upon her skirt, Yugi chose to offer a few discrete words. "I'm sure you mean you could really go for getting one off right now, but... appearances. It's alright; you won't hear shit from me~" he whispered.

While Yugi was attempting to get under Makima's skirt, Kaito was failing to keep anything inside his body. He'd even gone out of his way to splurge on breakfast today, ordering a silky, sweet-savory rolled omelet with a side of short-grain rice cooked in a clay pot. It was so delicious, so filling... but so absolutely repulsive when paired with blood and regurgitated into a bucket. "Hrrk─! Guah!" Those were the only sounds coming from Kaito, and it would remain as such even as Miko shrouded him in that healing veil. Satoru raised a straight hand, speaking through a smile that showed no concern for the red-haired male despite his words. "That's not gonna help. He's probably got parts of his intestines where his esophagus should be right now ─ unless those aren't bacon pieces coming out. Just healing that won't do anything but keep his organs out of order. Find real healing," he advised casually.

[Apollymi]

Makima was far too excited about this pair, she couldn't help but be amused by them and her own physical reaction spoke volumes. Still, there was a matter of Yugi's cleverness. After disclosing how far his other routes had progressed hers was apparently the slowest going. She felt her own oddities were likely part of that, but there was nothing to be done. Those quiet words whispered by Yugi made Makima smirk. He was quite right she was already worked up so she'd let him. Her public persona had a certain rigidness but that didn't mean she didn't understand how such games were played. "Good." Makima said as her gaze flicked across the room. And while Kaito was no in the floor it was true the girl's healing wouldn't be helping him.

Makima was dialing a number from her desk home to have one of the more trusted people come pick up Kaito and take him to a surgical healer. Miko in hearing Gojo's words closed her eyes for a moment. In doing so she made herself concentrate on the sounds in his abdomen. They did sound wrong, slightly off in an odd way like they were a bit garbled. "Sou ka, I think for the purposes of the way I use things I would have been better at preventing it from happening instead. Still, I didn't think it would hit him that hard," Miko murmured, Miko would cause that barrier she'd created to dissipate, if only to avoid any extra oddities. She seemed relatively calm aside from starting to pace. She'd never been offered any but the normal healing spell, which she'd used to create the barrier. She began to wonder if it'd be worthwhile to learn a more direct method that could handle deeper things. To avoid making too much noise and to give herself some room to think... Miko began absently pacing. It was times like this she missed the ability to sit at her piano but until she was dismissed she'd do this instead. "No need to worry. I'm having someone come drag Kaito away for healing," Makima said. "Hai, I heard you dial that number... I'm just thinking," Miko explained. She wasn't heartless, but with the ability to properly self-heal had she forgotten the important parts? And was he weird as a person for maintaining interest in someone who'd harmed his internal organ structure?

[Bloodedge]

The exchange between Yugi and Makima seemed to end on a positive note. He didn't bother checking Status or anything like that, choosing instead to push up the chairwoman's skirt and get access to that... leaking problem she was having. 'Switch,' he thought, changing his current equipped title to Leashed Favorite. He'd be using that while slipping beneath Makima's undergarments to finally bury his face between her legs, tongue leading the way into a dripping flesh pocket.

All the while, Miko seemed to be lamenting her inability to heal Kaito. She really would be best off finding a more effective healing method; that veil seemed surface-level at best. If healing others was a preference of hers, and it costed virtually nothing for the pair to acquire random Skills, Satoru figured it would only be a good idea. "Black Flash hits everything hard. Theoretically, if someone uses it to attack someone a rank above them, they could win the fight... if the stars aligned. Looks like that exact situation just played out for you. Now we just have to decide what kind of memorial to have for ol' Kaito-kun!" Satoru announced as if it were a happy occasion... and as if Kaito had already passed away. Everyone would be able to hear the gurgling coughs of Kaito in that moment. He wanted to protest and point out that he wasn't dead, but thinking words was a thousand times easier than saying them presently. As if he knew the words Kaito meant to say, Satoru continued speaking. "Poor, deceased Kaito-kun. Honored member of the Japanese Hunters Association! He'll be missed by... someone. Probably."

[Apollymi]

The exchange between Yugi and Makima was indeed making headway. Makima looked almost bored as the lad took his place between her legs, but looks were deceiving. She was technically speaking more excited than she usually showed anyone. These two teens had actually seen her at the peak of her own amusement. As such when the lad's tongue and face finally made contact within her loins she her lips gently upturned. "Good boy~" she'd allow the lad to do his work otherwise unimpeded. And as Yugi worked Makima towards an orgasm the simple act of service would have him seeing an increased in his intimacy with her, about 7 percent by the time she orgasmed. All the while she was watching Gojo give a rather indirect lesson. Perhaps, Makima had been a bit hasty in calling in someone to pick up Kaito, she'd let that hang in the air while Gojo continued to speak to Miko.

Miko for her part in this was gently pacing. Looking like an anxious bride with a dying groom on her hands. Miko was learning about the nature of Black Flash as an ability and mentally deciding that using it in friendly combat was likely a bad idea. "That would be my luck I didn't expect to work over an A-rank with a punch, that usually takes some more specific kinds of physicality," Miko said her face looking childishly huffy. "Inventory," she uttered. She decided to check and see what the things in her inventory had for her. She looked over one of a five potions, altered by the Doctor Takemi Tae, which had regeneration stacked onto their more major healing bonuses. "You might not want to start writing his Eulogy yet. I do have potion and while I can't give it to him, I could feed it to him and maybe use the pulses from my swords to realign his internal organs while the potion takes effect?" Miko had that thought as she pulled the potion from her Inventory. "So after a game of truth or dare, I am fairly certain of my ability to feed you this... and even if it doesn't work it should take the edge off, sound good, Hashimoto-kun? You could just blink or something, no voice stress necessary," Miko offered the red haired young man as she stood over him uncorking that potion.

[Bloodedge]

Irrespective of Makima's demeanor, Yugi would be taking most responses from the space between her legs. Ah, but that first chant of 'good boy' after he began lapping at her loins caused an immediate 5% increase to all of his stats. He'd be holding a hand against each of her inner thighs, keeping his head steady and lips pressed against damp folds while his tongue kept busy. At the same time, Yugi remained alert. There were things to learn about the effectiveness of Black Flash as described by Satoru ─ things he'd been able to see but not fully understand just yet. He didn't see that 7% increase to Intimacy, but he did see the likelihood of it building.

Miko didn't expect to do such damage to an A-rank. That was strange, but Satoru figured she didn't realize what happened in that Dungeon. "I did say a rank above," he specified. The Players were undoubtedly equivalent to B-rank Hunters now, and had been since the Dungeon began. Kaito may have been an A-rank in his own right, but he definitely wasn't among the best; he wasn't even a combat type. As for the writing of Kaito's eulogy, Satoru apparently didn't have to start it yet. So... he called a pen and paper to himself, and began writing just to terrify the weaker male. "Ah, right! A guy that young probably doesn't have a will yet. I'll start that first," he said. Satoru seemed to be disregarding the appearance of a potion and its chance of working, whether realistic or otherwise. When receiving the offer, even Kaito was rapidly shaking his head and trying to crawl away. No way was he going to take a mouth-feeding when his blood, guts and breakfast had all been freely flowing out of his mouth. Besides that, he currently wanted nothing to do with those crazy teens and their weird powers. Was that truly to his preference though? Well, there happened to be someone else terrifying to Kaito on their way. The secure door to Makima's office opened ─ something only possible with the right privileges. In came a tall, lean male whose expression bore no emotions whatsoever. He had long green hair worn in a ponytail, and wore a very simple black suit. "Who's my target?" was all he asked. There were multiple people in the room, but only one he cared to address... even if she currently had some unknown person down between her legs. His attention was taken by the fallen Kaito, however, and he managed to look just slightly disappointed. "Ho? Did someone get started without me?"

[Apollymi]

Makima was enjoying an act of service while still observing the whole of the situation going on in front of her. She was curious about whether or not Miko would come up with a viable alternative to healing for others under such time constraints. But more so than that, a tongue fully exploring her folds while his hands fought to keep her thighs apart was no lesser effort. "Oh? Did I go up a rank? I must have been really close to start with, woops," Miko said as if she'd just accidentally moved past a threshold she'd not known she could cross. What was more the random commentary from Gojo towards Miko and her subsequent response would see the woman leaking more as her core twitched. "Ah, you're B-rank now~" she seemed excited about that prospect, so much so that the extra he'd find a bit more overflowing than he likely assumed was possible. Well Makima was still working up to something but that was an exciting prospect.

At the same time, Miko was still thinking through her options. Gojo for his part in this was still full of menance, currently teasing the downed man with the authoring of his final will and testament. Miko couldn't help the giggle that escaped her, "Tehehe♪~ You really are a menance, but I am oddly into the energy," Miko claimed shrugging. She offered something but it seemed that Kaito wasn't on board with her current logic. Miko shook her head, "You could go for a bit more self-preservation here, Hashimoto-kun. I wasn't going to cross any weird boundaries. I'm not drunk or anything... anymore," Miko chided lightly. Only to see something blinking in the corner of her eye. "Open." she murmured. A tool tip hinting at a skill with the potential to become a better general use healing skill popped up. Based on the combination of items in their combined Inventory and a semi-cheap skill rune purchasable in the shop. "Ooh? I can combine items like that too, probably should have opened with that Brainface. Craft." Miko ordered. As an amalgamation of things turned into a skill Rune. "Pulse Healing, ka?" Miko said aloud as she read the information about it and crushed the Rune in her hand.

[Skill Acquired]

Pulse Healing (B-Rank)

A support-type ability that converts mana into controlled vibrational pulses to stimulate deep tissue and internal recovery. Soundwave frequencies penetrate beneath the skin to repair muscle damage, stabilize internal bleeding, and restore partially injured organs. This skill cannot regenerate lost limbs or fully reconstruct destroyed organs. Continuous mana output and sustained concentration are required during activation.

At the same time, Makima was watching and astounded by the creation of the rune. She wanted to see it used in a practical way, but someone was entering her office from the outside. Such a thing was reserved for the most trusted so Makima barely spared any attention at first. "Oooh? Did you make something else~" Makima was way too excited by what was happening here, poor Yugi would drown below her waist. As for the green haired male, Miko's pacing stopped for just a moment. "Made a non-invasive healing rune... from scraps and a small purchase," Miko stated as she stared without hesitation or shame. Mostly she was listening to his voice as he addressed Makima. "Oh? There isn't a target. I was going to have Kaito taken for healing, she hit harder than expected," Makima said as if it was a daily occurrence that she had people play guinea pig to others abilities. "But if she's learned a new healing spell perhaps he'd rather take that instead..." Makima said softly as she said anything but most would have assumed some kind of threat.